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-.\"	$NetBSD: xfer,v 1.1 2001/10/24 18:30:35 briggs Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: xfer,v 1.2 2011/02/04 12:23:08 phx Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"
 .
-.so ../common/xfer
+.\" --------- instructions for getting distribution off installation medium
+.
+Installation is supported from several media types, including:
+.Pp
+.(bullet -offset indent -compact
+FTP
+.
+.It
+Remote NFS partition
+.
+.bullet)
+.Pp
+.
+The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
+depend upon which installation medium you choose.
+The steps for the various media are outlined below.
+.
+.(tag CD-ROM\ /\ DVD
+.
+.It Em FTP
+The preparations for this installation/upgrade method are
+easy; all you need to do is make sure that there's an FTP
+site from which you can retrieve the
+.Nx
+distribution when you're about to
+install or upgrade.
+If you don't have DHCP available on your network,
+you will need to know the numeric IP address of that site, and,
+if it's not on a network directly connected to the machine
+on which you're installing or upgrading
+.Nx ,
+you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
+to the
+.Nx
+machine.
+Finally, you need to know the numeric IP address of the
+.Nx
+machine itself.
+If you don't have access to a functioning nameserver during
+installation, the IPv4 address of
+.Sy ftp.NetBSD.org
+is
+.Li 204.152.190.15
+and the IPv6 address is
+.Li 2001:4f8:3:7:230:48ff:fec6:9aaa:21
+(as of May, 2010).
+.Pp
+Once you have this information, you can proceed to the next
+step in the installation or upgrade process.
+If you're installing
+.Nx
+from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard disk, below.
+If you're upgrading an existing installation, go directly to
+the section on upgrading.
+.
+.It Em NFS
+Place the
+.Nx
+distribution sets you wish to install into a
+directory on an NFS server, and make that directory mountable
+by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading
+.Nx .
+This will probably require modifying the
+.Pa /etc/exports
+file on the NFS server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
+(Both of these actions will probably require superuser
+privileges on the server.)
+.Pp
+You need to know the numeric IP address of the NFS server,
+and, if you don't have DHCP available on your network and
+the server is not on a network directly connected to
+the machine on which you're installing or upgrading
+.Nx ,
+you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
+to the
+.Nx
+machine.
+Finally, you need to know the numeric IP address of the
+.Nx
+machine itself.
+.Pp
+Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
+information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next step
+in the installation or upgrade process.
+If you're installing
+.Nx
+from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard disk, below.
+If you're upgrading an existing installation, go directly to the
+section on upgrading.
+.
+.tag)